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What happens when you ask over 15k people to name the best book they’ve read this year?

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What happens when you ask 15,800+ smart people what the best book they've read this year is? That's exactly what I recently did on Twitter.

Here is what people said.

FictionHunger — A true classic of modern literature that has been described as “one of the most disturbing novels in existence.”

The Painted Bird — “Through the juxtaposition of adolescence and the most brutal of adult experiences, Kosinski sums up a Bosch-like world of harrowing excess where senseless violence and untempered hatred are the norm.”

The History of Love — “a hauntingly beautiful novel about two characters whose lives are woven together in such complex ways that even after the last page is turned, the reader is left to wonder what really happened.”

Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health — … the first book to reveal the nutritional history of our fruits and vegetables. Starting with the wild plants that were central to our original diet, investigative journalist Jo Robinson describes how 400 generations of farmers have unwittingly squandered a host of essential fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. (Pair with The Botany of Desire)